Take Mark Matlock, the party’s candidate in the constituency ... But he’s not the only Reform UK candidate who has faced questions over whether they are actually a real person, as in Glasgow ...

Airbrushing a picture of yourself is not a crime. But in the case of Reform UK general election candidate Mark Matlock it led to viral - and spurious - claims that he was fake and generated by AI.

Reform UK has been accused of running General Election candidates who don’t exist. Some appeared only on ballot papers, their photos absent from election leaflets posted through voters’ doors ...